| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | BREAKING: Final MACRA rule expands exemptions, flexibility | | | Nearly a third of physicians could be exempt from Medicare's new merit-based incentive payment system under a final rule the CMS issued Friday. The CMS also signaled it would broaden the opportunities for physicians to participate in alternative... |
| Allina Health nurses ratify new contract | | | Nurses at five Allina Health hospitals in Minnesota have approved a contract to return to work. Both the Minnesota Nurses Association and Allina Health say the nurses will return to work Sunday morning. |
| CHS accused of fraud in Quorum Health spin-off | | Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:04 PM | |
| | Troubled hospital giant Community Health Systems is under attack by an investment firm claiming the system knowingly provided inflated financial guidance to investors when marketing hospital chain Quorum Health. |
| ACLU can intervene in Utah drug database access lawsuit | | Thursday, October 13, 2016 5:30 PM | |
| | The Utah case is only the second in the nation to weigh in on privacy concerns surrounding prescription drug record databases. The DEA lost a similar case in Oregon in 2014, which is currently pending appeal. |
| HHS defends plan to choose exchange coverage for consumers | | Thursday, October 13, 2016 1:13 PM | |
| | The Obama administration said it must choose health plans for consumers on the Affordable Care Act marketplace because they might be at risk of losing coverage if their insurers abandon the exchanges. |
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